News & Updates

Every year around Halloween time, Patch, the news website specializing in local coverage around the country, publishes maps that show where sex offenders live. Patch claims this is some kind of public service, even though a thorough study of 67,000 cases of child molestation found zero increase in sex crimes against children on Halloween. The vast majority of crimes against

Another federal lawsuit has been filed challenging the Florida sex offender registry. This one filed in the Middle District of Florida and assigned case number D-FLM-6-18-CV-001731-001. This suit represents the third constitutional challenge to the state’s sex offender registry filed this month (actually, the second was filed last month and the State removed it to Federal Court this month). The

Now that the Ex Post Facto lawsuit is filed, one of our first challenges we will face will likely be the government opposing our motion to proceed anonymously. We will be preparing declarations in support of that motion and in connection are reaching out to our membership to identify those among us who have been assaulted, harassed, had property vandalized

The IRS extended deadlines that apply to filing returns, paying taxes, and performing certain other time-sensitive acts for certain taxpayers affected by Hurricane Michael in the counties of Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor,  Wakulla and Washington in Florida. The extension applies to deadlines – either an original or extended due date

We are receiving reports from several members who were in the affected areas that food and emergency provisions are being distributed at schools. Schools are off limits to people required to register as sex offenders. One active member told us:      I just went through hurricane Michael, and, it was everything that they said it would be. Everyone in the

As an an organization run by a handful of volunteers, its always very welcome whenever someone lends a hand or pitches in to help with some of our advocacy efforts, present our message at an event, or contribute a story or content for our website. This weekend, we received a member submission and posted it in it’s entirety. The original